The grey'ish piece running under my photos is a piece I cut from the 11"
Viney Page Frame . I literally just globbed a heap of texture
paste onto the piece with my brush, then when it was dry, I've lightly painted
it using watered down glimmermist...which I think highlights the texture
beautifully.

Here you can see the Retro Xmas Tree {obviously, used on a non christmas layout...so this piece is suited for any style of layout}....and I've again added some texture to this piece, but this time by adding some sand to my gesso, then dabbing it on with my brush & finally finishing it off with painted glimmermist {this seems to be a fav colouring technique of mine!!}

And again, the same technique of globbing texture paste & painting with
glimmermist, has been applied to the 11"
Round Flourish Frame - this time painting it in 2 different
glimmermist colours.

Now, for the Flag
Banner pieces & the new technique I mentioned....this is a new
technique that I experimented with a few months ago for a feature in the latest
issue of Scrapbooking Memories Magazine (New Ways with Chipboard - Vol
15 No 6), but I've been waiting for the feature to be published before
sharing the technique here on the 2crafty blog {if interested, you can see the
feature on page 66, along with Di & Fiona's fantastic
tecnhiques & layouts too - although there are no close-ups of the technique
in the mag, so it's a bit hard to see - I hope you can get a better view here!}.

Each Flag
Banner piece has been coated with layers of cut up pieces of muslin
& applied using gesso & a brush to manouevre each piece into position.
Once enough layers have been applied to cover the pieces & the texture is
looking right, allow to dry then paint with watered down glimmermist - I love
the texture & the way this technique came out.

I then placed 4 of
the smaller Mixed
Buttons on top of the banner, after priming in gesso & painting
with glimmermist.

Here are a few shots taken during the process to give you a bit of an idea what
I'm talking about...

First cut your
muslin into pieces approx 1" x 1".

Coat your piece
with gesso & then while still wet,

start layering your
pieces of muslin with gesso added between each layer.

Don't worry about
being too neat - the more bunched & creased up they are...the more texture
you will achieve.

These are not the best pics, as they were taken at night...but hopefully you can
get a bit of an idea from them...here I am manouevering the muslin & gesso
with my brush.

Thank so much for dropping by....and I hope you'll give my new technique a try! :)

12 comments:

Hi Linda! Today I wanted to pass on the Liebster Award to you and your blog. You are an amazing talent and completely deserve this small appreciation. Please see my blog post for the details. Cheers Di xoPS. Love this post & the tutorial.

Beautiful layout! Love what you have done with the chipboard!Also, I have nominated you for a Leibster Award (another nomination for you) because I think your work is so deserving and inspiring! Pop over to my blog for details.:-)